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The use of a thing !s only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Never mind the use--do it! - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") Thou shalt learn The wisdom early to discern True beauty in utility. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Use almost can change the stamp of nature. - William Shakespeare Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness. - John Tillotson The superfluous, a very necessary thing. [Fr., Le superflu, chose tres necessaire.] - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire), Le Mondain
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